John Ayers, Lucien Pere & Thomas Knight show how Quarter-Cent Sales Tax has affected new RCC Campus upgrades, improvements & enhancements!
This episode of ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 4-1-1 highlights a "Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Update" by Rockingham Community College (RCC) leaders including: John Ayers, Program Lead and Faculty in Agribusiness Technology; plus Thomas
Knight and Lucien Pere, Information
Technology (IT) Faculty. They explain to County Public Information Officer Mable Scott new RCC Campus upgrades, improvements and enhancements. Their presentations explain how the Quarter-Cent Sales Tax has been a beneficial investment for student career development, a prepared business/industrial workforce, and the local economy.
Key issues discussed:
-Agribusiness Technology - What is Agribusiness
Technology? When did the program
start at RCC? How were quarter-cent sales tax funds used for renovations, and
how did that help students? What types of classes are
in the Agribusiness Technology program? Who would benefit from
a degree in Agribusiness? What degree programs
are available in Agribusiness? Can students easily
transfer to a four-year university? What are the possible
jobs available for an Agribusiness graduate?
- Information
Technology - What degree and certificate options do students in the Information Technology
program at RCC have available to them? What types of jobs do
your graduates obtain? Are those jobs
available here in Rockingham County? What did the
quarter-cent sales tax help fund for the IT program? How have those
purchases helped students?
-Quarter-Cent Sales Tax affects local students, jobs, economy
-Numerous career opportunities at RCC
Photo: (left to right) John Ayers, Program Lead and Faculty Member in Agribusiness Technology; Lucien Pere and
Thomas
Knight, Information
Technology (IT) Faculty